Challenges of Learning
One of the biggest challenges of learning is putting all the knowledge to work.
Learning is amazing.
It expands the mind, it brings in new ideas.
It gives the mind more elements to work with.
But putting it all to work is another deal altogether.
Deciding which pieces of knowledge to keep an which ones to discard takes thinking.
Connecting the bits and pieces of knowledge requires work, planning.
And a good, clear, structured mind.
This is where atomic knowledge comes in.
Making each piece of knowledge atomic and standalone.
It should stand on its own two feet.
I have a few ideas on how to do that.
Here and there, amongs my notes, something is emerging.
Accountability
Another knowledge-related challenge is self-accountability.
The need for self-accountability becomes evident with each passing year.
Especially when the results you hoped for didn’t come to fruition.
And you realize you’ve been running in circles for the past few years or so.
When we’re not paying attention, it becomes very easy to waste our time.
Our Worst Enemy
Our worst enemy is not someone or something out there.
It’s our own stale thinking and our own complaceny.
And our own repetitive patterns.
It’s all designed to keep us safe, to keep our minds cocooned within an illusory feeling that nothing can harm us.
But it’s not how the real world really works.
There was a story about a wise old indian man giving advice to a younger member of the tribe.
He said that inside all of us there are two wolves.
One will bring self discipline, clarity, purpose, direction.
And the other one will bring ruin and destruction.
It’s up to us which one we feed.
The one we feed the most we’ll have as companion for the rest of our lives.